Lois Capps

Lois Capps (10 January 1938-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-CA 22) from 17 March 1998 to 3 January 2003 (succeeding Walter Capps and preceding Bill Thomas), from CA 23 from 3 January 2003 to 3 January 2013 (succeeding Elton Gallegly and preceding Kevin McCarthy), and from CA 24 from 3 January 2013 to 3 January 2017 (succeeding Gallegly and preceding Salud Carbajal).

Biography
Lois Grimsrud was born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin in 1938, and she worked as a nurse and health advocate before marrying religious studies professor Walter Capps. When her husband died in 1997, Lois was elected to finish her husband's term in the US House of Representatives, and she went on to serve in the US Congress from 1998 to 2017. She was a member of the New Democrats and was a solid liberal, and she was named the nicest member of Congress in 2006. She left office in 2017.